Births on May 31

Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (d. 1817)

Andrea Appiani (31 May 1754 – 8 November 1817) was an Italian neoclassical painter.

28 May

Battle of Jumonville Glen
French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
3 Jul

Battle of Fort Necessity
French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.